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Ernst & Young Consultant II Interview Questions and Answers

Updated 7 Jan 2023

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Consultant II Interview Questions & Answers

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posted on 7 Jan 2023

Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Approached by Company and was interviewed before Jan 2022. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Keep your resume crisp and to the point. A recruiter looks at your resume for an average of 6 seconds, make sure to leave the best impression.
View all tips
Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. One major audit finding which gave value add to the client
  • Ans. 

    Identified lack of segregation of duties in financial reporting resulting in potential fraud risk

    • Identified a lack of segregation of duties in the financial reporting process

    • This created a potential fraud risk for the client

    • Provided recommendations for implementing proper segregation of duties

    • Client implemented our recommendations, reducing the risk of fraud

    • Resulted in increased confidence in the accuracy of financial

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Detail discussion of how GR/IR and SR/IR entry flow in SAP GST updates were asked
  • Ans. 

    Explanation of GR/IR and SR/IR entry flow in SAP with GST updates.

    • GR/IR (Goods Receipt/Invoice Receipt) is used to manage the procurement process in SAP.

    • SR/IR (Service Receipt/Invoice Receipt) is used to manage the service procurement process in SAP.

    • GR/IR and SR/IR entries are used to reconcile the differences between goods or services received and invoiced.

    • With GST updates, the tax codes and rates are updated in the s...

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Please make sure you don't put fake things in the resume as the Partner will specifically test your knowledge on the areas you have worked on.
Also please be updated with the subject matter like Tax, Accounting standards, etc

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Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Info about yourself
  • Q2. Power bi question
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
-
Result
Selected Selected

I was interviewed in Feb 2024.

Round 1 - One-on-one 

(3 Questions)

  • Q1. What should be the age for interview?
  • Q2. How to earn money
  • Ans. 

    Earn money by working, investing, starting a business, or providing services.

    • Work a job or freelance to earn a salary or hourly wage

    • Invest in stocks, real estate, or other assets to generate passive income

    • Start a business and sell products or services to make a profit

    • Provide services such as tutoring, consulting, or freelancing for a fee

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. What work needs to be done
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Easy
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Approached by Company and was interviewed before Jul 2023. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

Medium leetcode and basic SQL queries

Round 2 - Assignment 

Questions related to previous Project work, ML system design, model performance metrics

Round 3 - Behavioral 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Focus on business outcomes and metrics, problem identification and understanding a possible scenario for choosing the right approach to solve the problem using algorithm/ general rules

Interview Preparation Tips

Topics to prepare for Gartner Machine Learning Engineer interview:
  • Algorithms
  • SQL
  • System Design
Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Focus on you're projects, have good understanding of the algorithms mentioned, have some understanding on metrics which make the algorithms valuable for the businesses

I applied via Campus Placement

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Keep your resume crisp and to the point. A recruiter looks at your resume for an average of 6 seconds, make sure to leave the best impression.
View all tips
Round 2 - Aptitude Test 

Easy one it was not tough all basic question of general knowledege

Round 3 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Intorduce yourself ,tell me about your projects
Round 4 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Can u relocate , can u agree 2 years of bond

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Easy interview through it all about your resume so keep clean resume and it wont be tough all the best
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Referral and was interviewed before Oct 2022. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Don’t add your photo or details such as gender, age, and address in your resume. These details do not add any value.
View all tips
Round 2 - Case Study 

A case was given based on a lot of data related to drug performance and disease research. Questions were given related to which research should be focused on.
Another case was given related to installing of a MRI scanning machine and the associated costs. The questions were based on break-even point and profitability of the machine.

Round 3 - One-on-one 

(4 Questions)

  • Q1. How would you handle a difficult associate ?
  • Q2. How would you resolve a conflict with a team member ?
  • Q3. Why this company ?
  • Q4. Tell me about a time when you got an unreasonable time line for a project and how did you handle it ?

Interview Preparation Tips

Topics to prepare for ZS Associate Consultant interview:
  • Test Cases
  • Guesstimate
  • Profitability Analysis
  • Market Entry Strategy
Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - 1. Be confident
2. Treat interviews as if the recruiter wants to know you and not as if there are correct and incorrect answers
3. If you don't know something, say it upfront. (But if you can make an intelligent guess lead with that)
Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
Easy
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via LinkedIn and was interviewed before Apr 2023. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Tell me about yourself
Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

Test is a game, try to find demo versions of similar test and practice them

Round 2 - Case Study 

Study cases on official website and look on what are great answers in the answer quide.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Don't be nervous, show your best, if its a job for you - you will pass
If you don't pass - that only means you will find a better job that will fit you and make you happy

Interview Questionnaire 

5 Questions

  • Q1. Trigger based questions
  • Q2. Owd, sharing , profile related questions
  • Q3. Trigger for custom roll-up
  • Ans. 

    A custom roll-up trigger can be created using Apex code to aggregate data from child records to parent records.

    • Create a trigger on the child object

    • Query the parent records related to the child records

    • Aggregate the data from child records and update the parent records

    • Consider using batch processing for large data sets

  • Answered by AI
  • Q4. Baisc lightning questions
  • Q5. Basic integration related questions and some questions on batch apex.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Prepare well to write code on text editor, don't be nervous usually they have easy interview

I applied via Referral and was interviewed in Apr 2021. There were 3 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

2 Questions

  • Q1. Case study based question around the financial services industry
  • Q2. Case study based question around designing personas ( design thinking)

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - It’s important to know the profile you are interviewing for and probably understanding the role beforehand. The interview questions are designed to see a fit for the immediate requirements/ projects

Ernst & Young Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in Ernst & Young Consultant II interview?
Ernst & Young interview process usually has 2 rounds. The most common rounds in the Ernst & Young interview process are Resume Shortlist and Technical.
What are the top questions asked in Ernst & Young Consultant II interview?

Some of the top questions asked at the Ernst & Young Consultant II interview -

  1. One major audit finding which gave value add to the cli...read more
  2. Detail discussion of how GR/IR and SR/IR entry flow in SAP GST updates were as...read more

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